Oakland County woman drowns in Clinton River in Shelby Township

An Oakland County woman drowned Monday evening while she was swimming with friends in the Clinton River at a park in Shelby Township, according to police.

Police responded to River Bends Park on 22 Mile Road in Shelby Township after a man called 911 about 6 p.m. to report a missing swimmer, police Capt. Stephen Stanbury said in a news release.

The man told police he had been swimming with two female friends in the river in a secluded location away from the main park area and one of them did not resurface, according to the release.

The Shelby Township Fire Department’s Rapid Water Rescue team arrived at the scene and initiated a search of the area. They located the missing woman’s body about 300 yards from where she had entered the water.

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The woman was identified as a 21-year-old Madison Heights woman. Her family has been notified but police have not yet publicly identified her.

Monday’s incident was the fourth drowning reported in Macomb County this summer.

Two men drowned in separate incidents at Stony Creek Metropark in Washington Township and another man died in Lake St. Clair.